Battle of Britain
Day 29
Weather - Generally fine with scattered thunderstorms and cloud in the Southeast areas.
Combat - Once again, another quiet day for Fighter Command with a few Squadron scrambles in response to approaching raids. No interceptions are made. Raids are plotted off Cromer, Aberdeen and along the Channel near the Isle of Wight.
Bomber Command, however, goes on the offensive against the Luftwaffe and attacks the JG54 base at Haamstede just as Me-109's are preparing for take-off, destroying 2 and damaging 5 others on the ground.
During the night, mines are dropped in the Thames Estuary, in the Channel, off the East Anglian coast between Cromer and Southwold, off Lands End and Liverpool bay.
R.A.F. Losses: 6 aircraft damaged or destroyed (all due to accidents) with 1 pilot killed.
Luftwaffe Losses: 10 aircraft damaged or destroyed, 10 pilots and aircrew killed or missing and 4 wounded.
NOTE: Losses include non-combat patrols and accidents.
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]Battle of the Atlantic
U-38 sinks the Egyptian steamer Mohamed Ali El-Kebir (7527t) 230 miles west of Bloody Foreland. There are 163 crewmen and 697 troops on board. 10 crewmen and 50 troops are lost. The survivors are picked up by the British destroyer Griffin.
[ | ]East Africa
The last reinforcements (2nd Bn, Black Watch) reach British Somaliland.
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